North Carolina State University Athletics
Men's Golf Set to Tee off at NCAA Championships
5/30/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
May 30, 2006
Raleigh, N.C. - The NC State men's golf team will be competing in the 109th NCAA Championships this Wednesday through Saturday at the Crosswater Golf Course at the Sunriver Resort in Sunriver, Oregon. By virtue of its fifth place finish at the NCAA West Regionals, the Pack has qualified for the NCAA Championships for the 26th time under head coach Richard Sykes. The field will consist of 30 teams and a total of 156 individual players. Each team will play a round of 18 holes on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, then Saturday's final round will consist of the top-15 teams and the top-six individuals not on an advancing team.
NC State will be sending the same five golfers that competed at Tucson, Arizona, at the NCAA Regionals. Senior Stephen Lewton, juniors Garry Hill and Jerry Richardson, and freshmen Darren Blair and Nathan Spoon.
The last time the Pack advanced to the NCAA Championships was in 2003, and NC State placed 15th overall. Coach Richard Sykes' top team showing was a sixth place finish in 2002. NC State is one of six ACC schools to reach this years NCAA Championships.
NC State will tee off from the No. 10 hole at 7:50 a.m. pacific time on Wednesday, and in the second round on Thursday at 1:00 p.m. pacific time. For live scoring go to www.golfstat.com.
Below is the list of the schools (listedin order of finish from each regional qualifier) and the individuals who will compete at the 2006 Championship.
East Regional - Complete Results 1. Wake Forest 2. Georgia 3. Texas Tech 4. North Carolina t5. Coastal Carolina t5. Charlotte 7. UCLA 8. Auburn 9. South Carolina 10. UNLVIndividuals • Scott Stallings - Tennessee Tech • Brendon Wood - USC
Central Regional - Complete Results 1. Oklahoma State 2. Northwestern t3. Georgia Tech t3. Texas A&M 5. Lamar 6. Minnesota 7. Oklahoma 8. Clemson 9. Duke 10. Kentucky
Individuals • Robert Streb - Kansas State • Randy Lowry - Texas
West Regional - Complete Results t1. Arizona t1. Florida t3. Arizona State t3. Washington 5. North Carolina State t6. BYU t6. Loyola Marymount 8. East Tennessee State t9. Nevada t9. Pepperdine
Individuals • James Love- Denver • Dustin Pimm - Utah
